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4809819 No.4809819[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Why does he put boats in everything he writes?

>> No.4809905

boats are cool as shit. Motherfucker knows whats up.

>> No.4810508

>>4809905

>sensible chuckle

>> No.4810772

Gene Wolfe checklist
[ ] Boats
[ ] Tall women
[ ] Red headed women
[ ] Wolves
[ ] Roses

Am I forgetting anything?

>> No.4810783

>>4810772
Multiple people sharing the same body

>> No.4810818

>>4809819
Almost all writers have themes that they revisit throughout their works. Boats are especially good because they represent an untamed frontier, rife with metaphor.
McCarthy- infanticide
Robinson- transience
Hemingway- light
Bukowski- horse racing
etc...

>> No.4810849

>>4810818
Actually now that I think k about it, it's difficult to think of a single male American canonical writer that doesn't have at least one novel containing heavy nautical themes.

>> No.4810874

>>4810818
John Irving: Vienna, bears, incest, wrestling